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Investment: economic growth and; in foreign countries; by government in telecom service sector. See also Foreign investment
Investment system: reforms of
IPOs. See Initial public offerings
Irrigation system: deterioration of
Jiang Zemin
Jia Yongxiang
Jitong Communications Corporation
Joint ISP venture: by AT&T
Joint-stock banks
Joint-venture banks: Sino-foreign
Judges
Judicial system; fragmentation of authority ; independence of ; LPC monitoring of. See also Courts
Kaufmann, Daniel
Kennedy, John
Kleptocracies
Kornai, János
Kraay, Aart
Labor: marginalization of; proportion in state sector
Land: desertification of; in mafia states
Land rent
Law(s): administrative; economic; executive branch and; governance and; market economy based on
Lawsuits
Lawyers
Lawyers’ Law
Layoffs: of CCP members
Leadership: Deng and; stable government and
Legal profession
Legal reform; as task force recommendation
Legal system; CCP refusal to reform
Legislation: output under NPC
Legislative process: executive branch domination by
Legislature: local; national
Leninism: ideological decline and
Lianjijang Li,
Liao Gailong
Liaoning: local legislators in
Liberal adaptation strategy
Liberals: fall from power by; political reform under
Lifestyle: satisfaction with urban; Western impact and changes in
Li Rui
Literacy: UNESCO goal for
Li Tiecheng
Litigation: growth of
Liu Jingbao
Liu Liying
Liu Yong
Li Zhen
Loans: bribery premium for; rural borrowing and. See also Bad loans
Local finance
Local government: authority of; banking and; central government and; economic power of; employment by; off-budget revenues for
Local initiatives
Local People’s Congress (LPC); appointment and removal power of
Local protectionism; court judgments and
Local public finance
LPC. See Local People’s Congress
Lubman, Stanley
Lu Lei
Lu Wanli
Macroeconomic performance: grain tax and
Ma Dc,
Mafia: states; in village governments
Manion, Melanic
Manufacturing: unemployment in
Mao Zedong: CCP mass political mobilization under; mass terror and; official corruption after
Market(s): barriers to entry in; fragmentation of domestic; grain ; lack of complementarity and distortion of; state authority over
Market economy: decollectivization of agriculture and; legal framework for; rule of law as basis; weakness of institutions supporting
Marketization
Market reforms
Market share: for Unicom
Marxism: ideological decline and
Mass support: for political party
Mass terror: end of; selective repression as replacement for
Mastruzzi, Massimo
Ma Xiangdong
McCormick, Barrett
McFaul, Michael
Media: confrontations reported in; corruption exposed by
Migrant laborers: marginalization of
MII. See Ministry of Information Industry
Mining deaths
Ministry of Agriculture: fiscal crisis and
Ministry of Electric Power (MEP): telecom service sector and
Ministry of Electronic Industry (MEI): telecom service sector and
Ministry of Finance (MOF)
Ministry of Information Industry (MII)
Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPT)
Ministry of Public Security (MPS); information access and
Ministry of Railways (MR): telecom service sector and
Minsheng Bank
Mobility: of population
Monitoring: of corrupt officials
Monopolies: CCP as; under control of CCP officials; of grain procurement; of SCBs; state-owned; over telecom sector
Monopolists: maximization of short-term revenues by
MPS. See Ministry of Public Security
MPT. See Ministry of Post and Telecommunications
Muckraking publications
Multinational telecom firms: investment in China Unicom by
Municipal government: fiscal system and
National Auditing Agency
National Education Commission; awards and honors to academics through
National People’s Congress (NPC) ; constitutional oversight power of; legislative output under ; organizational growth of ; party groups